Shoe-upper



H.- HOLDEN.

SHOE UPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. I920.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

gwbntow Jiiram Jiolden PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM HOLDEN, 0F MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SHOE-UPPER.

Specification of "Letters Patent.

Patented Nomi, 1921.

Application filed. January 30, 1926. Serial No. 355,072.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Hnniir HoLDnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Uppers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve ments in the manufacture of boots and shoes, and pertains more particularly to the provision of an improved form of border strip adapted to be en aged by the implements used in pulling or stretching the upper over the last and thus ell'ect a material saving in the amount of upper leather used.

Improved marginal strips of this general character are disclosed in Patents 1,193,687 and 1,193,688 granted to me under date of August 8, 1916 and my present invention a further improvement thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a much stronger and less expensive strip than those in use at the present time.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a portion of a shoe upper with my improved marginal strip attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing stitching used in attaching my strip to leather.

1 represents the upper of a shoe in flat condition before the heel end is closed by the the the usual seam and comprises a vamp 2 and a toe cap 3. 4 indicates the marginal strip extending around the edge of the leather vamp 2. In my prior patents l have utilized a single strip, preferably of heavy corrugated or crimped paper firmly secured to the edge of the leather by a continuous row of zigzag stitches extending transmrsely across the strip almost to its outer edge. It will be seen that a large amount of thread is required to do this. I have discovered that by folding or doubling the strip 4 and securing the leather between the edges of the folded strip as at 5 it is only necessary to use a single row of plain stitching 6 extending through the doubled strip and the leather and thus provide a much stronger strip and at the same time effect a material saving in thread which 1s at the present time an expensive item in the shoe industry.

What I claim is ri. shoe upper comprising a body portion of leather, and a marginal portion extending outwardly from the bottom edge a distance sufficientto enable it to be grasped by the nippers in the pulling over and lasting operations, said marginal portion comprising a doubled strip of corrugated material having its margins secured above and below the outer edge of the leather by a single row of stitches.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

I-IIRAM HOLDEN. 

